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Two's company, three's a crowd

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  1. One companion is better than two.


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This saying is often used by lovers who want to be by themselves.

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“Two’s company, three’s a crowd.”

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‘Two’s company, three’s a crowd.’

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“Two’s company, three’s a crowd,” is a sound proverb, even when the third is a dog.

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It has been shown that one of the party, at any rate, had reached the “two’s company, three’s a crowd” stage—or for the present purpose four.

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Students are overbooked and underbunked "Two's company, three's a crowd," the clich� goes�especially, as claustrophobic college students are learning this fall, when schools shoehorn three roommates into quarters meant for two.

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